Biology:Canary-flycatcher

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Short description: Genus of birds

Canary-flycatcher
Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher.jpg
Grey-headed canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Stenostiridae
Genus: Culicicapa
R. Swinhoe, 1871
Type species
Platyrhynchus ceylonensis[1]
Swainson, 1820
Species

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The canary-flycatchers (Culicicapa) are a genus of birds in the family Stenostiridae. The genus was erected by Robert Swinhoe in 1871.[2] It is restricted to Southeast Asia. Canary-flycatchers have a fine-tipped bill which becomes broad and flat at the base. The sexes are indistinguishable in plumage. Young birds are neither spotted nor streaked.[3][4]

There are two species:

References

  1. "Longicaudidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=213. 
  2. Beresford, P.; Barker, F.K.; Ryan, P.G.; Crowe, T.M. (2005). "African endemics span the tree of songbirds (Passeri): molecular systematics of several evolutionary 'enigmas'.". Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272 (1565): 849–858. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2997. PMID 15888418. PMC 1599865. http://www.tc.umn.edu/~barke042/pdfs/Beresford.et.al05.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-16. 
  3. Vaurie, Charles (1953). "A generic revision of flycatchers of the tribe Muscicapini". Bulletin of the AMNH 100: 531. 
  4. Johansson, Ulf S.; Fjeldsa, J; Bowie, RCK (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships within Passerida (Aves: Passeriformes): A review and a new molecular phylogeny based on three nuclear intron markers". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48 (3): 858–876. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.05.029. PMID 18619860. http://www.nrm.se/download/18.7d9d550411abf68c801800015111/Johansson+et+al+Passerida+2008.pdf. 

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